The Trump administration on Thursday proposed banning Chinese airlines from flying over Russia on routes to and from the United States, saying the reduced flight time this practice enables puts American carriers at a disadvantage.

The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday announced a new round of sanctions targeting more than 50 individuals, companies, and vessels involved in Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical export

A tsunami warning has been issued for the Philippines and neighbouring regions of Indonesia after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the region on Mindanao on Friday morning.

China dramatically expanded its rare earths export controls on Thursday, adding five new elements and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users as Beijing tightens control over the sector ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Tesla is being investigated by the US government after reports the firm’s self-driving cars had broken traffic laws, including driving on the wrong side of the road and not stopping for red lights.

Police in India have arrested the owner of a pharmaceutical company that manufactures a cough syrup connected to the deaths of at least 17 children in the country.

Britain said on Oct 9 it had signed a £350 million (S$606 million) contract to supply the Indian army with UK-manufactured lightweight missiles, as part of a deepening weapons and defence partnership between the two countries.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephonic conversation on Tuesday to discuss further strengthening the special and privileged strategic partnership between India and Russia, as well as preparations for Presid

Israel and Hamas said they had agreed to a long-awaited ceasefire and hostage deal, the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end a war in Gaza that has killed more than 67,000 people and reshaped the Middle East.

A US Congressional committee report released Tuesday said that five major semiconductor equipment manufacturers, including European giant ASML, sold $38 billion worth of critical technology to China in 2024, including to companies flagged as US natio

A group of leading cricket clubs announced Wednesday a boycott of all domestic competitions, alleging widespread irregularities and government interference during the recent election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Denmark will ban social media for children under 15, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced, accusing digital platforms of “stealing our children’s childhood.”

Cristiano Ronaldo’s football career has been a series of glittering firsts, from a record transfer to Real Madrid to scoring more competition goals than any man in history. He’s now notched up another huge win off the pitch: becoming the first bi

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will join Gaza peace plan talks between Israeli and Hamas negotiators in Egypt on Wednesday.

The price of gold has hit a record high of more than $4,000 (£2,985) an ounce as investors look for safe places to put their money over concerns about economic and political uncertainty around the world.

A paramotor attack on a festival and protest in central Myanmar has killed at least 24 people and wounded 47 others, a spokesperson from the exiled National Unity Government told BBC Burmese.

US air travellers are experiencing a second day of flight delays and cancellations, as the government shutdown causes a worsening shortage of air traffic controllers.

Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh called on Maldives Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Khaleel during his official visit to the island nation today, the Ministry of Defence said in a post on X.

Police say they have dismantled an international gang suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China in the past year.

A judge in Albania has been shot dead after a man opened fire during a trial at the Court of Appeal in the capital Tirana.

Gold surged to an all-time high above $3,900 per ounce on Monday, buoyed by growing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut this month, as well as economic and political uncertainty in the U.S., France and Japan.

Pakistan’s judiciary stands at a perilous crossroads, its independence under siege from a coordinated campaign of constitutional engineering, political interference, and institutional retaliation.

Eli Lilly will invest more than $1 billion in India in the coming years to boost manufacturing and supply through local drugmakers, the company said on Monday, as it seeks to tap into skilled workforce to bolster its global manufacturing expansion.

English author Dame Jilly Cooper has died at age 88, her family has announced.

Indian police have opened a manslaughter probe into the deaths of at least 14 children linked to a toxic cough syrup, dealing another blow to the reputation of the country’s pharmaceutical industry after a string of similar tragedies in recent year

Former West Indies all-rounder and 1975 World Cup winner Bernard Julien passed away at the age of 75 in Valsayn, a town in Northern Trinidad. Julien was one of the understated legends of the 1975 World Cup, a tournament that brought immense joy to We

The 2025 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine has been awarded to a trio of scientists – two of them American and one Japanese – for discovering how the immune system protects us from thousands of different microbes trying to invade our bodies.

France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned, less than a day after his cabinet was unveiled.

As India and the European Union gear up for the 14th round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations starting October 6 in Brussels, European businesses are expressing stronger interest in India’s expanding economy and the government’s “Make i

A 60-year-old man was arrested Monday in Australia after police said he fired up to 100 bullets at passersby, injuring 20 people in the country’s most populous city.